for starters

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Bone chips, ACLs, MCLs, pulled hamstrings, multiple Tommy John surgeries and the recent epidemic of dreaded oblique strains just for starters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Well, for starters, the stock had jumped nearly 14% in regular trading today following AMD’s results.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

You would, for starters, need to take anywhere from $650,000 to $770,000 as you would need to pay income tax on those funds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Maddie Albon, 29, a global marketing manager who lives in London, does triathlons in her free time - but that's just for starters.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

But here, for starters, is Quintilian: “The whole art of oratory, as the most and greatest writers have taught, consists of five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith